🇮🇹 Italian

dollaro

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masculine

il dollaro

dollar

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dollaro
/il ˈdɔllaro/
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How do you say dollaro in Italian?

IPA
/il ˈdɔllaro/

How do you pronounce dollaro in Italian?

dollaro is pronounced /il ˈdɔllaro/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il dollaro americano è forte rispetto all'euro.

The American dollar is strong compared to the euro.

Un dollaro canadese vale meno di un dollaro statunitense.

A Canadian dollar is worth less than an American dollar.

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Why is it masculine?

Dollaro is masculine because it derives from the English word "dollar," which itself comes from the German "Thaler" (a silver coin), and in Italian, words borrowed from English that end in -o typically take the masculine gender by default. This gender assignment reflects Italian's general rule that -o endings are masculine, applied mechanically to foreign borrowings.

What is the Italian word for dollar?

The Italian word for dollar is il dollaro — masculine.

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